Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]-10degrees celsius for 24 hours does the trick-- KA On 29-Oct-05, at 12:27 AM, Nathan Wajsman wrote: > Ice wine is made by leaving the grapes on the vine until winter. In > Germany they are usually picked in January. The great risk is that > if frost does not arrive, then the grapes will just rot on the vine > and be useless. From that point of view, Canadian climate is much > more reliable :-) > > Nathan > > mcintyre@ca.inter.net wrote: > > >> When it snows 10 months of the year (OK, maybe 6...) things like >> icewine seem a natural >> solution. Unless of course, you live in lotus land (Canuck speak >> for British Columbtia) basking in >> semitropical weather. But I noticed they weren't serving ice-wine >> at the Senator's hockey game last >> night. Maybe somethings just don't mix well. >> But seriously, it is good. Apparently not easy to make either. I >> think there is a very >> narrow temperture band for freezing the grapes just right. jm >> >>> Since this is a list of ladies and gentlemen with discerning >>> tastes in booze, and since we have a fair number of Canadian >>> patriots, I thought this might be of interest. Recently a friend >>> brought us a bottle of ice wine from Canada (Niagara). Now, I >>> have had Ch. d'Yquem, and various other sweet wines (including >>> Eiswein from the Mosel valley), but this wine was simply >>> fantastic. It is not cheap, but then again, no proper ice wine is >>> cheap. Have a look here, order a bottle or two, and enjoy: >>> http://www.lakeviewcellars.ca/2001VidalIcewine.html >>> >>> Nathan >>> -- >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Almere, The Netherlands >>> >>> General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com >>> Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp? >>> qt=wajsman >>> http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 >>> Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > -- > Nathan Wajsman > Almere, The Netherlands > > General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com > Seville photography: http://www.fotosevilla.com > Stock photography: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman > http://myloupe.com/home/found_photographer.php?photographer=507 > Prints for sale: http://www.photodeluge.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >